You can now install Office 365 on Remote Desktop Services Servers (Terminal Servers) using Shared Computer Activation

When attempting to run Office 2013 Professional Plus, installed from your Office 365 subscription (P2, M, E3+), the following error message occurs.

Finally, there is some good news! Microsoft have announced that as of 1 September 2014, all Office SKUs – Office ProPlus, Project Pro, Visio Pro, can now be used on a shared device or virtual machine. This enables users on Remote Desktop Computers – ie Terminal Servers, to run an activated copy of Office without the requirements of purchasing an additional Volume License or Open License.

Kudos to Microsoft for finally making this feature available! For more information on this feature, see the official Microsoft blog post here – http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2014/09/03/office-365-shared-computer-activation.aspx

I will post a blog shortly to run through the installation process with screenshots.

One thought on “You can now install Office 365 on Remote Desktop Services Servers (Terminal Servers) using Shared Computer Activation”

  1. Office 365 lets you migrate workloads to the Microsoft Cloud. Workloads such as Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business are housed in multiple Microsoft datacenters . Access apps and data from anywhere, while cutting ​cost and overhead of deploying it on-premises.

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